Welcome to our Governors’ section. 

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

 

Governors are appointed to help:

· decide what is taught;
· set standards of behaviour;
· interview and select staff;
· decide how the school budget is spent.

Governors normally meet once a term to receive reports from the Headteacher on the life and work of the school. Members of staff also report to Governors at the termly meetings, and this usually takes the form of an in-depth look at some aspect of the whole curriculum. Termly meetings are held at the school and are now open to the public. This of course means that parents can attend as observers, although governors retain the right to take certain agenda items as confidential.

The Governing Body has formed several Committees, which focus on particular aspects of the Governors’ responsibilities e.g. Finance, Curriculum, Staffing and Premises. With the wider powers given them by recent legislation Governors have a very significant role to play in ensuring that, along with the Headteacher and colleagues, they move the school forward in a coherent, cohesive way.

 

THE GOVERNORS’ CURRICULUM STATEMENT

The Education Reform Act 1988 requires by law that schools provide pupils with a curriculum that;

1. is balanced, broadly based, relevant and differentiated;
2. promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of children;
3. prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

These are central to the beliefs of the Governors of the school.

At this school, the Governors aim to provide a curriculum appropriate to the needs of all of its pupils. On entering the full-time education and throughout their time in school, children will follow the programmes of study that ensure that all subjects of the National Curriculum are covered. In addition to National Curriculum subjects Religious Education is also taught

It is the Governors’ aim that all children achieve their potential in every aspect of school life in an atmosphere of partnership and support.

 

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To find out more about the Governing Body, including the different types of members, please click below.